It is a water reservoir that supplies hydroelectric power and water for recreation, municipalities and irrigation as well as flood control.
The Hoover Dam provides electricity to all of the towns and cities in AZ, NM, SoCal, NV, UT, & Colorado.
Source(s):
History.com
the pourpose is to create eletricity for the towns nearby
to stop the area from flooding and to produce energy
It was a public works project created during the Great Depression to put people to work. It was also created to provide flood control, hydroelectric power, municipal reservoirs, agricultural irrigation and a recreational area.
The main reason was to supply power. Secondary reasons were flood control and irrigation.
It was a public works project created to proviide flood control, municipal water, irrigation, hydroelectric power and recreational activities during the Great Depression.
led to somes erious things
The dam is being built for the same reason Hoover Dam was built; to use hydroelectric power to make electricity.
Hoover Dam was built by people.
Hoover Dam was built on the Colorado River.
Hoover Dam is on the Colorado River, southeast of Las Vegas.
The Hoover Dam was built in 1936. The dam is on the Colorado River between Nevada and Arizona.
Colorado
Hoover dam was built to supply electrical power to Las Vegas .
16,000 people built the hoover dam and it was ONLY men, no women
It was built to stop flooding the Colorado River.
It was built to stop flooding the Colorado River.
in my house
The Hoover dam is rectangular and convex(bends out)